GRINNELL —
The Ottumwa boys swim team fell to Grinnell-BGM 91-79 Tuesday despite dominating the relay race portions of the dual.
“The boys showed a lot of team spirit tonight,” Ottumwa coach Heidi Owens said. “They worked together as a team — a lot of their times are getting close to state qualifying times.”
The Bulldogs swept Grinnell-BGM in relay races. Caleb Copple, Michael Etnyre, Grant Gullion and Adam Mueller teamed up to take first in the 200 medley relay with a time of 2:00.36 and the team of Gullion, Etnyre, Mueller and Riley Hammel placed first in the 200 freestyle relay with 1:37.12 In addition, Gullion, along with Michael Wagner, Mueller and Hammel snared first in the 400 freestyle relay with 3:42.67.
Etnyre, Gullion and Copple also bolstered the Bulldogs overall score with their performances in individual races. Gullion took first in the 100 butterfly with 56.64, and Etnyre claimed first in the 100 freestyle with 53.30, and Copple finished first in the 100 backstroke with 1:02.29.
Ottumwa (3-5-1, 2-2-1) swims at the Des Moines Roosevelt meet Saturday.
Ottumwa dual versus Grinnell/BGM
1-22-13
Team Scores — Grinnell/BGM 91, Ottumwa 79
Results
200 Medley Relay — 1. Ottumwa (Caleb Copple, Michael Etnyre, Grant Gullion, Adam Mueller) 1:48.50, 4. Ottumwa (Nathan Maughan, Alex Christensen, Logan Angstead, Jack Langland) 2:00.36.
200 Freestyle — 1. Wade Mawe (G/BGM) 2:01.51, 3. Michael Wagner (O) 2:08.29, 4. Trent Taglauer (O) 2:16.97, 6. Michael Bastron (O) 2:29.06.
200 Individual Medley — 1. Troy Smith (G/BGM) 2:17.15, 3. Copple (O) 2:25.65, 4. Logan Angstead (O) 2:32.10, 6. Kyle James (O) 3:06.23.
50 Freestyle — 1. Ian Baumann (G/BGM) 24.84, 2. Riley Hammel (O) 25.02, 3. Alex Christensen (O) 25.30, 5. Alex Hardie (O) 26.65.
100 Butterfly — 1. Grant Gullion (O) 56.64, 3. Hammel (1:04.07), 5. Shane Riley (O) 1:10.13.
100 Freestyle — 1. Michael Etnyre (O) 53.30, 3. Logan Angstead (O) 57.42, 5. Jack Langland (O) 1:01.16.
500 Freestyle — 1. Wade Mawe (G/BGM) 5:33.15, 4. Michael Wagner (O) 6:11.68, 5. Trent Taglauer (O) 6:18.72.
200 Free Relay — 1. Ottumwa (Grant Gullion, Michael Etnyre, Adam Mueller, Riley Hammel) 1:37.12, 4. Ottumwa (Caleb Copple, Nathan Maughan, Alex Christensen, Alex Hardie) 1:43.92.
100 Backstroke — 1. Copple 1:02.29, 2. Mueller 1:04.14, 5. Maughan 1:10.57.
100 Breaststroke — 1. Troy Smith (G/BGM) 1:30.68, 4. Michael Etnyre (O) 1:13.38, 5. Nick Moreland (O) 1:17.72, 6. Alex Christensen (O) 1:17.97.
400 Free Relay — 1. Ottumwa (Grant Gullion, Michael Wagner, Riley Hammel, Adam Mueller) 3:42.67, 4. Ottumwa (Alex Hardie, Jack Langland, Trent Taglauer, Logan Angstead) 4:11.21.
Sports
January 23, 2013
Swimmers fall short at Grinnell
- Sports
-
- Tri-County pulls away late THORNBURG -- Tri-County Trojans and Keota traded the lead seven times on Monday, but the Trojans ended up on top with a 9-4 win to open the baseball season in South Iowa Cedar League play. Tri-County took the lead in the fifth inning and held on for
-
Mustangs finish off season at state pentathlon
WASHINGTON -- Josh Husted was a tired, but very happy head coach just a few days ago. He had just spent a busy three days watching several of his Davis County girls track and field athletes compete for championships, both of the individual and team v
-
Lady Dees edge Knoxville in thrilling softball season opener
It doesn't take much to get Mitch Chance fired up.
- Ottumwa girls lose to powerful Ankeny
- Ottumwa opens against champs OTTUMWA — The Ottumwa Bulldog baseball team will try to get the John Jaeger era started on a positive note today when the boys take on defending state champion Ankeny in a doubleheader starting at 5 p.m. at Legion Memorial Field. The boys had an up-
-
Pekin softball falls in season opener at Wapello
The Pekin softball team dropped a tough opening game to a Southeast Iowa Superconference north division rival with one game under their belt.
- Davis County youth track meet set The third annual Davis County youth track meet for ages seven through 18 will take place June 1 at Davis County High School. The meet will feature events like the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash, hurdle events and more. The cost is $5 per athlete
- Area golfers qualify for state OTTUMWA — Albia's Cassie Crall and Oskaloosa's Kathryn Wilson both earned berths to their state golf tournaments at their regionals Monday. Crall shot a 93 and tied for fourth in a Class 3A Lakeview Golf and Country Club in Chariton. "We are thrilled
- Big weekend of action on tap Hello race fans and welcome to another edition of The Pit Stop. This weekend is the first holiday weekend during the racing season and with it brings some great racing action. The Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa kicks off the week of racing tomor
-
Albia 4x400 becomes first boys state track champ; CV's Busch defends 800 title
DES MOINES - It had probably never been said before. Or at least, it hadn't held up as remaining true to the end. But as he watched teammate Alex Schultz race down the backstretch of Drake Stadium with a big lead on the rest of the field on the final
- More Sports Headlines
